Improved lid and plate-lifter, and pot-hook



T. SIMPSON.

-'P l:ate and Lid Lifier. I N. 103247. Patented "May 17, 1870.

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F agar-ad $131135 To, all whom it; may concern ,Be it known that I, THOMAS SIMPSON, of Newark, in lithe county of Lickingand in the State of Ohio, haye invented certain new and nsefulrImprovements in Qornbined Lid and Plate-Lifter, and-PotJIoOk; and doll hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawing and to the'letters of ref- .erence marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists inthe constructidh and arrangement of a combined lid and platelii'ter, and pot-hook, as will be hereinafter fully set foIft-h. i

In order to enable others" skilled in the art to which will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which represents a perspectivea'iew of my instrument. 7

represents a cast-iron stove-lid lifter of the usual form, provided with a socket at its upper end, for the insertion of the wooden'handle B.

\lwo hooks, G G, of heavy wire, are cast solid into the head of the litter, and a similar hook, D, is pivoted between two cars, all, onthe under side of the lifter,

THOMAS SIMPSON, or NEWARK, onto.

Letters Pa-ientNo. 103,24e7, dated May 17, 1870.

IMPROVED LID AND PLATE-LIFTER, AND POT HOOK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same this swinging hook D being connected with the front hooks O G, by means of a spiral spring, E;

The lifter, thus constructed, may be used for lifting hot plates or anything of the kind, the swinging hook readily adjusting itself to any sized plate;

The swinging hook D may also he used for a pothook. y y

In placeofthe spiral spring E, anyother spring may be substituted,-when it is so arranged as to throw the swinging hook forward; orthc spring may be entirely dispensed with. I 7

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as'new, and ters Patent, isp The combination of the lifter A, handle 13, stationaryhooks O O, and swinging hook I), all constructed and arranged as described, withorwithout a spring,

E, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claiin'the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of January, 1870.

' THOMAS SIMPSON.-

Witnesses:

GEo. M. (GRASSER, THOMAS JONES.

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